World number one Roger Federer
beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 to
reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in
Basel.
Federer, a five-time winner of the event,
will play Juan Martin del Potro in
Sunday's final after the second seed
beat Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-2.
Del Potro won in Vienna last week and
his only loss on indoor hard courts this
season came against Federer in the
Rotterdam final in February.
Federer is chasing his sixth title in seven
years in his hometown event.
Sunday's final is a rematch of the epic
Olympic semi-final at Wimbledon in
August, when Federer won the decisive
third set 19-17.
Federer has a 13-2 career record
against Del Potro, though one of the
Argentine's victories came in the 2009
US Open final.
"It was almost perfect today," said Del
Potro, who has beaten Gasquet in five
of their six meetings, including three
times in 2012.
"I was very pleased with my serve. But I
still have work to do, I had two double-
faults in the second set. If I want to win
the title, I can't have that."
Federer said: "I'm excited to see how he
is going to come out and play.
"We have had a couple of tough ones,
at the French Open and particularly at
the Olympics. I had a really hard time
breaking his serve. The margins are
extremely small."
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